Hostile Environment 30% of Hospitals have violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act – EMTALA. 4,341 violations have occurred in 1,682 hospitals in the last 10-year period.  What does this startling statistic mean to you, and what should you

Do you know why Medicare came into being?  Do you know that Medicare & Medicaid were extensions to the Social Security Act of 1935?  Do you know that if you exceed your Medicare benefit payments in claims that the federal

While roughly 10% of all professions report abusive behavior, the numbers for Healthcare are over 30%.  Healthcare is a hostile environment in more ways than one.  In this episode, we discuss the many things that make healthcare a hostile environment. 

Doctors can be dangerous Do you know that 50% of doctors’ initial diagnosis is wrong?  How about the fact that only about 25% of their treatments have an underlying scientific-based best practice? Would you be surprised to find out that

One in four U.S. hospital patients suffers at least one healthcare-related injury.  In 1999, 44,000 – 98,000 patients died getting healthcare. By 2013, the number of deaths had risen to 251,000-400,000 patients died. Hospitals are one of the most dangerous

Are Drug Prices Really too High? In the last episode, we talked about why what we think about drug prices is often mythical. This episode focuses on Mandatory Government Drug Rebates that are the biggest cause of high drug prices.

High Drug Prices With Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar’s recent announcement that HHS is targeting rebates as one of the reasons for America’s high drug prices, Secretary Azar is the first who has finally identified one of the

Hostile healthcare One of the reasons our healthcare quagmire is so dangerous is the hostile and predatory nature of competition within the industry. In this episode, Tim and Tom highlight the key issues.